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PROVIDER ACCESS GAP · COUNTY

dermatologists per 100,000 — Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles County (9,748,868 residents) sits within California, where dermatologists are listed at 6.36 per 100,000.

Geographic scopeLos Angeles County sits within California. The figure below reports California-wide density; NPPES does not publish a county-level field of practice in its public API, so a state-level figure is the most precise public-source measure available.
dermatologists per 100,000 residents
6.36
2,508 active dermatologists · 39,431,263 residents · California
National rank
10 / 51
Percentile
82th
top quartile (well-supplied)
Underserved threshold
4 / 100k
above
Quartile
Q1

Comparable areas

Three states whose dermatologist per-100k density is closest to California's — useful for benchmarking.

  • Floridarank 96.42 / 100k
  • Marylandrank 116.29 / 100k
  • South Dakotarank 86.49 / 100k

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California has 2,508 active dermatologists (6.36 per 100,000 residents) — ranked 10 of 51 U.S. states + DC. Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry + U.S. Census Bureau, snapshot 2026-05-06. Threshold for "underserved" in the parent study: 4 per 100,000. Citation: Fonteum Research, /research/dermatology-provider-supply-by-state-2026.

Source provenance

  • U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPI Registry (NPPES) — public API
  • U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 Vintage (V2024)
  • Snapshot date: 2026-05-06
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Limitations

  • This figure measures density (per-capita supply), not access. Drive time, appointment availability, insurance acceptance, and wait times are not modeled here.
  • The CMS NPPES registry counts NPI-1 individual providers with the relevant taxonomy code. It does not capture PA-led or NP-led practices that operate under a different taxonomy.
  • NPPES does not publish a county-level field of practice in its public API. County- and ZIP-scoped queries surface state-level density, with the geographic context preserved on this page.
  • Population is the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 vintage estimate. Population shifts post-2024 are not yet reflected.
  • The "underserved" threshold is the parent study's transparent baseline cutoff; it is not a regulatory or clinical definition. See the parent study for the rationale.

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